Police have evacuated a Gatineau building after residents reported hearing a potential explosion inside the building around noon Monday.

The noise seems to have come from a two-storey building on Rue de la Canipco, located just east of Resolute Forest Products near the Ottawa River at Kettle Island. The area is a mostly residential neighbourhood.

There is a police command post but as of 3:30 p.m. police had not clarified the source of the possible explosion. They say the neighbourhood is secure.
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